<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9445]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65649]]></link><description><![CDATA[A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38506]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd like to see a transaction in the early part of 2006, but whether we will or not, frankly, depends on the sellers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was one of the greatest sports moments of my life. It was too cold to enjoy it outside, though. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32977]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was one of the greatest sports moments of my life. It was too cold to enjoy it outside, though. I enjoyed it in the locker room afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22115]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61827]]></link><description><![CDATA[This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among lords.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hot goaltender in hockey can sometimes take you far and we were fortunate to slip two shots behind Gabby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hot goaltender in hockey can sometimes take you far and we were fortunate to slip two shots behind Gabby today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13729]]></link><description><![CDATA[False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ice is real hard, it shatters and you can get microscopic shards of ice. You don't want them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34479]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ice is real hard, it shatters and you can get microscopic shards of ice. You don't want them in your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16547]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26135]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65236]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Streak of silver sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Streak of silver sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66215]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him. The Wolf, looking up, said, Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing. Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a rite of passage. He was dad's right-hand man . . . he was just doing things like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41611]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a rite of passage. He was dad's right-hand man . . . he was just doing things like that. We made a conscious decision for him to be there to help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63594]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sterner moralist than pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46728]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57006]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading;  I cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading;  I cannot sit and think. Books think for me.   - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature made the fields and man the cities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature made the fields and man the cities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the English statesman cried:   He drank the poison, and his spirit died.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40017]]></link><description><![CDATA[These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was kind of not publicized very well. Otherwise we may have reacted sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37870]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was kind of not publicized very well. Otherwise we may have reacted sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men were angels, no government would be necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never knew what a reporter looked like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never knew what a reporter looked like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that decline must follow a rise. To feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25110]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that decline must follow a rise. To feel that we can rest on our achievements is a dangerous fallacy. Inner strength can overcome anything that occurs outside. Patanjali (c. 1st to 3rd century BC) -I Ching (B.C.1150?).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventually, I stopped picking up the phone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eventually, I stopped picking up the phone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were stepping out of the mosque and suddenly a big blast shook the ground, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36715]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were stepping out of the mosque and suddenly a big blast shook the ground,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26040]]></link><description><![CDATA[So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,  For there thy habitation is the heart-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,  For there thy habitation is the heart--   The heart which love of thee alone can bind;    And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--     To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,      Their country conquers with their martyrdom.   - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"  Vain hopes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"  Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast!   What man can look on Death unterrified?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9132]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25161]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28457]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this system endeavours to do, ... is provide factors which explain the discretion and make it transparent and accountable (and) some parameters by which people can follow how they've reached their decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From those who spoke her praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared. In return we got nothing but scraps of metal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared. In return we got nothing but scraps of metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone is different for a specific reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.But, since there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22358]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back onmy bass playing abilities.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not difficult to become a great Greyhound, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not difficult to become a great Greyhound,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9573]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born poets. we become orators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48886]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born poets. we become orators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19007]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19007</guid></item></channel></rss>